/u/Comrade-Chernov's posts
Why were coffeeshops and cafés the primary place for philosophers to debate and discuss current events?
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When and how did the landed gentry of England lose their power in English society? Are any estates still existent, and if not, what happened to them?
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During the Civil War, the Union often named battles for nearby rivers or streams (Bull Run, Stones River, Chickamauga). Why?
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What went wrong for Napoleon during the Waterloo campaign (not just the battle)? How, if at all, could he have achieved victory in those key few days?
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Around the time of the War of the Roses (mid-15th century), roughly what percentage of England was noble estate?
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How true-to-life is the fantasy trope of a pretender to a throne training and preparing their entire life to take it back?
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We often think of Pickett's Charge in the American Civil War when we think of a pointless, costly frontal assault. Prior to Pickett's Charge, what battle was considered the prime example of this?
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It's the late 1300s/early 1400s and I have just been knighted and given a fief to govern. What would my next immediate steps to take in life be?
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How large a role, if any, did the introduction of gunpowder weaponry such as cannon and firearms play in the development of standing armies in the Renaissance period? Would it still have happened had these technological advances not come into Europe?
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